More statewide recognition for our schools! Arkansas Dept. of Education recognized BAKER ELEMENTARY, CHENAL ELEMENTARY, SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY, and SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY for their achievement on spring 2022 ACT Aspire tests! https://www.pcssd.org/article/911709 #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
Just a reminder: all schools are closed for fall break this week! District offices will be open Monday (Nov. 21) - Wednesday (Nov. 23) during regular business hours. All PCSSD offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday. Happy Fall Break! #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
The Arkansas Central Arkansas Library System is partnering with Arkansas PBS to sponsor a Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Sweater Drive. Community members are asked to donate new or gently worn sweaters and other cold weather clothing through Nov. 30. #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
Today is National Adoption Day. At PCSSD we are thankful for the adoptive families in our district. Find out more information about becoming and adoptive or foster family: https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/divisions-shared-services/children-family-services/
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Baker Families: A BIG Bronco congratulations to 2nd Grade Team Spiderman for winning a superhero hot cocoa party and 1st place in Change Wars! And a huge thank you to ALL who participated as we surpassed our $6k goal and raised $6,462.26! GREAT JOB Baker Families! We appreciate each and every one of you! Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!
We've got some very exciting news to share! Baker Elementary has been recognized be the Office for Education Policy at the U of A for High Overall Growth in Arkansas and High English Language Arts Growth in Central Arkansas. Our school ranked 16th in the top 20 elementary schools in Arkansas with a 85.89 overall growth score and fifth in the Central Region for growth in ELA on the ACT Aspire with a 85.82 growth score. Congratulations to our scholars and amazing teachers for their hard work!
https://www.pcssd.org/article/914070
Baker Families: CONGRATS to 3rd Grade “Team Superman” who wins again for Day 4. We are at $4,302 of our $6k total! Kindergarten is in 2nd place, and 1st Grade barely snuck past 2nd Grade for 3rd place! Students have until tomorrow at 9 AM to contribute coins, cash, or checks, and until tomorrow at 11 AM to contribute online. For the remainder of today we will count ANY online donation as a SABOTAGE or take points away for the team they are made under. Any online donations made tomorrow through 11 AM will be counted as Positive. Let's finish out our event strong! https://broncobunchpto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/213148
Today is Substitute Educator Day and PCSSD is so thankful for those who step in to substitute teach our students to ensure they are receiving an excellent education, even when the teacher can't be there. Thank you! #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
Baker Families: Tomorrow is the big day! We are so excited for you all to join us for Baker Family Thanksgiving Lunch. Please see the schedule for lunch time. There will be a bus to shuttle families from Highland Valley Church. Please park at the church and ride the shuttle over to Baker.
Baker Families: Congrats to 3rd Grade “Superman” - you won Day 3 of Change Wars! Thanks to all, we have raised over $3k so far! ONLY for tomorrow, Thurs 11/16, we will count ANY online donation as a SABOTAGE or take points away for the team they are made under. Now is your chance to take out your opponents online in addition to bringing positive and negative coins/bills/checks in!
Click here to donate online: https://broncobunchpto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/213148
Today is National Education Support Professionals Day. Thank you to our amazing front office staffs across PCSSD and their dedication to our schools and students. #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
Baker Families: 2nd Grade, Team Spider-Man, BARELY hangs on to the lead after Day 2 of Change Wars! The top 3 teams are not too far from each other so keep the positive momentum and silver coin sabotage going during the rest of the week for your child’s team to have a chance to win a daily and overall prize! We have met $2,058/$6k goal, so keep up the good work!
Click here to donate online: https://broncobunchpto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/213148
Lucky Tray Days are back! Every Wednesday in November, elementary students should check the bottom of their trays because Chartwells will be handing out prizes if your tray is the lucky tray! #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
This is National Young Readers Week and November is National Family Literacy Month. We are encouraging families to incorporate reading/writing into daily routines, introduce new vocabulary, and encourage storytelling and writing stories. #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
Baker Families: Congrats to the 2nd Grade, Team Spider-Man! They are in first place after Day 1 of Change Wars and have won a special prize and an extra recess in December!
Don’t forget to continue to add pennies, dollars, checks or donate online to further your team’s score and use your silver coins to sabotage other teams throughout the week. We are currently at $855 of our $6,000 Goal. Thank you to all who have participated so far!
Click here to donate online: https://broncobunchpto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/213148
This is American Education Week. This week celebrates everyone in the District and their contributions to providing quality education to our students. Thank you to all of PCSSD's dedicated staff! #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
Today is World Kindness Day! Show some kindness today by reaching out to a friend you haven't talked to in a while, share a compliment with someone, or treat someone to a cup of coffee. How will you show kindness today? #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
Nearly a dozen PCSSD schools have earned the designation of “certified” from AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination). One additional school has been designated as “emerging schoolwide.”
https://www.pcssd.org/article/903838
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Today we honor our Veterans who have served and are serving our country to protect our freedoms here and abroad. Thank you to our military men and women! #pcssdproud #equityandexcellence
ATTN Baker Families! Help your child’s team “Save the Day” and earn a chance to win various daily or overall prizes during the PTO’s Change Wars fundraiser this upcoming week by sending change, bills, or checks in with your students for donation! Students may dress as superheroes or wear a superhero shirt on Monday to kick off the event, and drop money into team jars before the school day begins each day. See the attached flier for more info.
https://5il.co/1kgsl
To make an online donation, click here: https://broncobunchpto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/213148 Thank you!